Kirtland

Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio. The area was surveyed by Moses Cleaveland and his party in 1796, and it was named for Trumbull County judge Turhand Kirtland. Its first settlers arrived in 1811, and, from 1831 to 1838, Kirtland was the headquarters of the LDS Church of Joseph Smith; the Mormons built the Kirtland Temple. In 1838, the majority of Mormons left Kirtland for Missouri, and the population diminished. After World War II, several residential subdivisions were built, and the township was incorporated in 1968. In 2012, Kirtland had a population of 6,855 people.